So the story is I used to be a rugby player and powerlifter and was in excellent shape for years. After a bad knee injury (4 screws and blown out ACL & MCL) and a hectic work schedule after college lifting/exercising and diet took a major hit. I went from 190 at 7%bf to 240 at 20%ish bf over 2 years. Now that I'm focused and set a goal of reaching my college shape I'm going to get it.

Goal:
Lose 50lbs in 12 weeks

Diet:
Pure Ketogenic Diet- Less than 25G carbs daily- I used to use CKD with great success and plan to transition to CKD later on.
Diet is primarily chicken, beef, pork, eggs, cheeses, almonds, natty PB, Romaine lettuce and other greens and tons of water. I will try to stay under 25g for at least 6 out of the 12 weeks.

Exercise:
30-40min of HIIT 4x per week
Lifting: I want to drop some excess pounds and strengthen my core before going hardcore with weights so I will lift light for another week or two (just getting back into it as well).

Tools:
Alphamine
Compound 20
Vanillean
Reduce XT
Lean Xtreme (found part of a left over bottle, will dose this at 1 cap a day until gone)- thoughts?
Ketostix- to make sure I'm in Ketosis

So I've been on the diet for 13 days thus far and my supps just came in so I figured it should be logged as I didn't see anyone else try this stack yet. I took all of them already and I will say I feel great. The alphamine is delicious and I can definitely feel the warmth and a super clean and focused energy. This is definitely going to help get up early to go on those fasted morning jogs before work. Weight is right around 240lbs and I will do my best to update the weights weekly. Only update now is I tried the ketostix two days ago and confirmed I am now in Ketosis and my girlfriend said she can tell my face is beginning to thin out. The 'keto-flu' is now over and I feel great- it only lasted a few days though. For some reason I always did well with Keto in the past. That's all for today, let me know if you guys have any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.

Hey man, I'm in for this log. I was ketoing last week but I couldn't get those first few days with end of the year exams and finals coming. Foggy headedness doesn't really help you out on an organic chem II or physics II exam lol. You should throw up some before and afters, a lot of people can take your word for it but its nice to be able to see what youre saying your doing then seeing the results pay off in the end. Either way I'm in! Goodluck.

Jswain34- Keto+chem+physics, I do not envy you right now haha. I noticed the best way to combat 'keto flu' is to increase your fats a little bit, I read this has to do with ketones replacing the glucose as your primary energy source. Since ketones are being produced from fat/body fat, having some extra fat might help with energy (from my experience thus far, I like almonds or Omega supps). I don't know about before and after pics yet, I've thought about it though.

I am down to 234-235, so I lost about 5lbs this past week which I'm pretty satisfied with. This week will be somewhat of a challenge as I'm on a business trip in Baltimore for the next 5 days. I will stick to mainly steak, grilled chicken, and salads (my company pays for 100% of food expenses) and the hotel has a cardio room I plan to use. I will update again soon.

Thanks for the suggestions! I was thinking of different kinds of nuts a little bit yesterday but was unsure which I should get, I think I'll try the Macadamia as haven't had them in a really long time.

This morning woke up at 6am and got some cardio on some type of elliptical machine (it was like an eliptical mixed with a stair climber?), it kicked the S*** outta me lol. Now I have a meeting in the morning followed by the office so I will likely work until 8-9:30pm tonight so I will check back later.

So got out of work last night and my boss took us all out to Tilted Kilt for drinks and food. I had a cheese-steak salad (cheese, steak, lettuce, blue cheese), no tomatoes. Then to drink I had 3 Jack & Diet Coke (felt guilty, but everyone else kept ordering drinks and I didn't want to look like a jerk lol).

Breakfast was scrambled eggs and kielbasa sausage. Lunch was a burger (no bun) with bacon and onions plus 1/4 cup of broccoli. I estimate my total carb count for the day was around 20g or less which is good because the diet coke & Jack should count towards something. Felt really hung over considering how much I drank earlier; from this point on I'm going to try to stay dry until I reach my goal weight

Dinner: Prime Rib and 1/4 cup of green beans and house salad with blue cheese (no croutons or tomatoes, just lettuce and onion)- Carbs 10-12g

Total Carbs:About 21 grams

After dinner I ran 2 miles and burned 355 calories, felt great. The supplements definitely are helping me find the energy with the crazy work schedule to still get some cardio in. I also measured my gut and lost almost an inch since coming to Baltimore a week ago (from 40" to 39"; back in my prime it was 32.5" so that is the long term goal). Things seem to be picking up steadily now that I have begun to hit cardio a bit harder. It will be ten times easier in 2 weeks when I'm back home (I work from a home office usually) so I can easily find the time for the cardio and weights. I will try to get my weight this weekend.

Cannot wait to get home after this work day and see my gf again...next week they are making me work here again (12-14 hour days). Being a salesman and not an operational support person (what they have me filling in for at the moment because a bunch of people walked out of this branch), I cannot stand doing this type of work. I would take landscaping or construction in a heart beat over this confusing cluster#### crap!

Finally back from the work trip, going to be much easier to stay strict with working at home again (can fit in a workout a lot easier), and not eating out all the time. When I ate out I tried to stick to salads, steaks and bunless sandwiches (burger pattie, steak and onion etc...) but I'm sure restaurants sneak carbs in somewhere (like certain sauces or dressings although I stuck to blue cheese). I feel like progress is being made but I hope to take a big step forward in the next several weeks.

Broken Bottle- so what you're saying is I lost 1lb of water weight? How would this explain my muscles feeling fuller and losing almost an inch off my midsection?

Well when you're in keto you lose fat and water. Didn't notice you'd been on the diet for over a week. So could have been pure fat loss, could have been water or both. Muscles may just seem fuller because losing fat and water or maybe you did lose pure fat.

I have a feeling I lost mainly fat as almost eveyone that hasn't seen me in several weeks say they can tell I lost a good amount of weight. I think my muscles have just toned up and that explains the tighter feeling. On another note, staying below 25g carbs is getting really old- anyone have a favorite low carb meal (or snack) to mix things up?

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I will try to get my weight again tonight. I did fall out of keto for a day this week when I went out and drank some rum and diet cokes (4 to be exact, I know way to many but I was holding super strong for almost 6 weeks). Now I'm back into keto (keto stick verified) and I started the day off with an intense 30 min HIIT session. Also found some new recipes to mix up the keto game, adding alot more veggies (red and yellow peppers, zucchini, spinach etc...) and trying to slowly lower my fat intake (unhealthy fats like from red meat).

Just weighed in at rhe end of the day in jeans and shirt at 233. Snce I usually weigh in with an empty stomach and in gym clothes I'm guessing the weight loss is closer to 2-3lbs , but im officially down about another lb from last week. Hopefully the new morning HIIT will help me bust past the 230 mark.

Ran 3 miles of HIIT on wood chips/mulch trail in the woods today. Rough terrain, up and down hills...great workout but you have to be careful not to roll an ankle. I can definitely see and feel a difference and I have a strong feeling I'll be under 230 this weekend.

On another note, I got a new keto recipe app on the phone and made some Natty PB Cookies. Delicious way to break it up and satisfy the sugar craving! There is about 1g carbs per cookie so you can eat a bunch of them to satisfy the sweet tooth.

Weighed in today at 227 , I figure I'm down about another 5 lbs from last week. The weight lifting and cardio w the diet were key in picking up the pace. I will try to post my weekly routine later today.

Thanks, I think its because I'm so strict with my diet (under 25g per day for the entire diet) plus the HIIT routines and lifting are helping me drop it quick.

It is hard to tell with the supplements bit I definitely feel warming, focus/energy, and appetite suppression. I would definitely recommend this stack combined with the keto diet.

Hopefully I'll hit my goal. The best part of the experience is I'm addicted to working out again, I feel guilty if I don't run or lift for a day. It's a great feeling to change to a healthy lifestyle and I look forward to getting in the best shape of my life.

Up at six am today for 2 miles of HIIT on normal pavement (instead of my usual track). It was the first time I felt shin splints since running again, I'll stick to the usual softer mulch track as shin splints have hindered my goals in the past.

Weighed in this afternoon after eating at 225, in all likelihood had I weighed in on an empty stomach this morning I would have been 223-224 conservatively. Overall pretty steady progress still so I'm happy. Even conservatively I'm down at least 2lbs from last week.

I'm going to hit the gym in a bit (upper body split) and if I'm not too tired ill go for another 2 miles of HIIT (on my usual track).

My shins still hurt from running yesterday so I just lifted today. I'm almost positive it is from sprinting on pavement instead of the usual wood chip/mulch blend that is much softer. Any suggestions for what works for anyone to speed shin splint recovery?

So I decided to take an off day, work was a bit hectic and I'm still sore plus shin splints are still a bit tender. Sometimes you have to just listen to your body. Anyhow, I decided a few weeks ago to start taking pics for this and was going to show them all at the end. However, I'm really happy about my results from the past 12 days

Started my morning with a 3 mile fasted HIIT. Although I ran less than usual because of recovering from squats and recent shin splints, I can tell I'll be 100% soon. This will definitely pick up the weight loss some more as last week I took cardio super light bc of shin splints.

On another note, only supps I have left from the stack are Alphamine, Compound 20 (about 3 days left), and Vanillean (few days left). My favorite supplement in the stack is either Compound 20 or Alphamine, I will know for sure after the Compound 20 runs out.

Oxyelite protein and thermo powder just got here! I'm pumped bc the protein is 2g net carbs per serving so its a great addition to supplement my diet.

Taste: I got the chocolate flavor, id say its not as tasty as muscle milk but its awfully close. I sjould mention it was mixed with water. 9/10

Mixability: clumps a little bit in water if you stir with a spoon but if you stir with a fork or blender it is super smooth. Think Hershey's chocolate milk. 10/10

Profile: look at the label, enough said 10/10

We will see if this is going to aid in my weight loss. I'm thinking 2-3 per day (pre and post work out and occasional breakfast/snack). Each shake is 1 scoop 2g net carbs and 23g protein and 3.5g fat. The next few weeks will tell but if all goes as expected this is replacing the muscle milk and labrada